| Phosphorus|| Laughlin is a brain lighting, and so is the property of phosphorus.||IT maybe conflict with http://p15consulting.com/ || || Because it has atomic number 15. It is hard to find on Earth as a genius. It is found inside our DNA as the truth and genius. || Very flexible for design || ||

| Phosphorus|| Laughlin is a brain lighting, and so is the property of phosphorus.||IT maybe conflict with http://p15consulting.com/ || || Because it has atomic number 15. It is hard to find on Earth as a genius. It is found inside our DNA as the truth and genius. || Very flexible for design || ||

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| Pushcart || (James) Laughlin gives name to an American literacy award and so does Pushcart || The word seems too common to provoke collisions || || The Pushcart prize focuses on independent press and independence is also a keyword for Linux/Fedora. The idea of a compact, convenient yet very practical vehicle that is naturally adapted by its users fits Fedora. || Design could use the vehicle as well as literacy or press. || ||

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| Rexroth || James Laughlin is an american poet who was friends with Kenneth Rexroth, also an american poet || Bosch Rexroth is a German engineering firm that designs and manufactures motion and control systems for industrial and mobile equipment. E.g., pneumatics and hydraulics || || Kenneth Rexroth was a poet, translator, and critic. He translated Chinese and Japanese poetry, experimented in Haiku and Beat poetry, wrote the article on literature in the Encyclopedia-Britannica, and generally explored wide-ranging interests in music and culture. || Rexroth is especially known for his love poetry, but really he had a lot of interests, so a theme could go in many different directions || ||

| Rexroth || James Laughlin is an american poet who was friends with Kenneth Rexroth, also an american poet || Bosch Rexroth is a German engineering firm that designs and manufactures motion and control systems for industrial and mobile equipment. E.g., pneumatics and hydraulics || || Kenneth Rexroth was a poet, translator, and critic. He translated Chinese and Japanese poetry, experimented in Haiku and Beat poetry, wrote the article on literature in the Encyclopedia-Britannica, and generally explored wide-ranging interests in music and culture. || Rexroth is especially known for his love poetry, but really he had a lot of interests, so a theme could go in many different directions || ||

Revision as of 11:16, 19 October 2010

READ THE GUIDELINES! Name suggestions are now being accepted. Please read the guidelines before contributing to maximize chances that your suggestion can be on the ballot.

Rules

Goddard → Laughlin → <new name>? Laughlin is a <blank>, and so is <new name>.

The link between Goddard and Laughlin was "both are names of professors of physics." The link between Laughlin and the new name must be different than that link, and different from any other previous link.

General links automatically rejected General links such as "is a word" or "is a location", while technically within the scope of the rules, will most certainly be rejected by the Fedora Board. Remember, the goal is to come up with a creative link to Laughlin. The following links will also likely be rejected:

Other kinds of scientists

Names of living people

Well-known trademarks

Please try to find a truly original and obscure link!

Naming Schedule

PROPOSED:

Name collection: 13 October through 19 October

List to Fedora Board: 20 October to 22 October

Legal Review of Board approved names: 21 October to 25 October

Community vote on final name: 26 October - 1 November

Name announced: 2 November

Name Suggestions

Please read carefully. The instructions below will help prevent some suggestions from being eliminated early.

How to use this table

Come up with a name idea. Put the name in the first column.

Determine whether it passes the "is-a" test. You must be able to truthfully complete the sentence "Laughlin is a <...>, and so is <YOUR_NAME>." The link to the new name cannot be the same as the link from Goddard to Laughlin, nor any other previous link. Mark the link in the appropriate column, such as "type of chemical reaction," "deep-sea organism."

Don't choose obvious links, because they usually result in uninteresting names.

Don't choose very general names or unclear links.

Don't choose names of living people, or well-known trademarks.

Do choose obscure links to interesting things, which makes for a better name.

Do avoid all previous links wherever possible.

Do make sure there are at least a couple of ways to link out of the new name to the next name -- and they must be unique too!

Use Google to search for possible trademark collisions. First search for the term itself along with "+software", and then broaden your search to include "+computer", "+hardware", "+technology", "+IT", and so on. Do not skimp on this step.

If you find a collision, it is best to find another name. Names that cause collisions will be eliminated by Red Hat's Legal department and thus waste their time, which is a valuable commodity for Fedora. Help us maximize their effectiveness by weeding out names that are trademarks of other entities, especially those in the IT industry.

If the collision is outside the IT/computing market, you can still submit the name but you should note the collision in the "Tested" column, and include a link to the site where the collision was found.

If you find no collisions, make that notation in the "Tested" column.

Do not mark the approval columns. These are reserved for the approval authorities such as the Board and Red Hat Legal.

Suggestion Table

Name

"Is a..."

Tested

Initial Approval

Comments

Themeable

Board Approved

Legal Approved !

Vaudeville

Anna Laughlin starred on Broadway as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz in 1902/1903. Also, Robert B. Laughlin was born in Visalia, California. One of the vaudeville theatres was Theatre Visalia in Visalia, CA.

Vaudeville is a very common cultural term. Found one PDF mentioning an IT software with a word Vaudeville in the title, from the year 2000. Couldn't find the actual software. Another one is Virtual Vaudeville, a 3D simulation of a vaudeville performance. That's all. I'd say these don't conflict...?

Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. It consisted of many diverse acts, with a rich background from many sources. At its height, vaudeville played across multiple strata of economic class and auditorium size. I can see several comparisons with the versatility of Fedora.

A very rich period in history to draw inspiration from. Themes could range from actual vaudeville imagery (drama, acrobats, comedy, musicians, ordered chaos of all of them, etc.) to second industrial revolution, Gilded Age architecture, etc. Allows for everything from light and humorous to socially critical themes.

Erdős

Robert B. Laughlin is a prolific professor and so is Paul Erdős[1].His contribution to math is enormous,Erdős number in math is well known.

No collisions found

Paul Erdős once said his brain is open, so should be knowledge and Linux

Mathematics

Curie

Lauglin is a Nobel prize laureate, Marie Sklodowska-Curie too- twice

Some academic cluster farms have name "Curie"

Marie Sklodowska-Curie have made basis for today's cancer therapy, Wikipedia

Chemistry

The33Lin

Laugh has 5 chars as The33. Lin for Linux

No companies, ngo's or whatever.

Linux is strong and robust as the miners.

Linux Version inspired in the 33 chilean rescued miners

Aleixandre

Vicente Aleixandre is a Nobel prize laureate as Laughlin was

Not brands nor companies: K12 public school in Madrid, a public college in Extremadura

It's one of the inventor of transistor. And he works on the superconductivity

Computer hardware, especially transistors. Superconductivity

Bechet

Sidney Bechet was an american clarinetist as Tim Laughlin is.

No IT related brands nor companies

To the glory of a great jazzman. Furthermore, i'm sure he would have been a Fedora fan ;-) Note : Fedora records is also a jazz label

Music, jazz, good vibes

Britannia

Laughlin is american, and America was a britain colony.

Brittania is the latin name of Great Britain.

Territories or antique design, etc.

Carlin

Laughlin is a town in Nevada, and so is Carlin

It makes a-so-is-b connection and also honors one of the great all-time comics, George Carlin

Humor, 7-words, um...

Dexter

Laughlin is a great scientist, so is Dexter (the little genius)

Some little companies contain the name "Dexter"

There's a link between name and computer/technology/science.

Something in relation with high-tech.

Floyd

Laughlin is professor at Stanford University, Robert Floyd an eminent computer scientist, Bachelor's degree in physics, and professor at Stanford.

No IT related brands nor companies

A tribute to Robert Floyd, emminent computer scientist.

Computer/sciences design.

Kannus

Kannus is a city in Finland

Torvalds's country

Maestro

Maestro, Italian word, appoint the Master, arrived with the more high degrees of his artistic practice.

Because i like this name and let my inspiration come

Adapted to this distribution i think

Malmstrom

Laughlin is an Airforce base and so is Malmstrom.

No IT or software related collisions that I could see.

There is a UFO conspiracy theory that surrounds the Malmstrom airforce base. Might lead to an Alien theme! (or even better, Alien themed Easter eggs!) Also, Malmstorm air force base, being a military facility, might cause a problem. (Hopefully, it won't.)

Because it has atomic number 15. It is hard to find on Earth as a genius. It is found inside our DNA as the truth and genius.

Very flexible for design

Pushcart

(James) Laughlin gives name to an American literacy award and so does Pushcart

The word seems too common to provoke collisions

The Pushcart prize focuses on independent press and independence is also a keyword for Linux/Fedora. The idea of a compact, convenient yet very practical vehicle that is naturally adapted by its users fits Fedora.

Design could use the vehicle as well as literacy or press.

Rexroth

James Laughlin is an american poet who was friends with Kenneth Rexroth, also an american poet

Bosch Rexroth is a German engineering firm that designs and manufactures motion and control systems for industrial and mobile equipment. E.g., pneumatics and hydraulics

Kenneth Rexroth was a poet, translator, and critic. He translated Chinese and Japanese poetry, experimented in Haiku and Beat poetry, wrote the article on literature in the Encyclopedia-Britannica, and generally explored wide-ranging interests in music and culture.

Rexroth is especially known for his love poetry, but really he had a lot of interests, so a theme could go in many different directions

Roswell

City in New Mexico (Laughlin is a city in Nevada)

There are LOTS of things called "roswell", including a beta version of RHL from way back when.

Aliens!

Shockley

William Shockley is a Nobel laureate

Surprisingly, I found no collisions (eugenics? -Tezcatl)

Computer hardware, especially transistors.

Souley

Souley is the name of our french friend from fedora-fr who died this year

To never forget him and for his memory !

He was an Ambassador of french team Fedora and i think it will be a beautiful continuation to laughlin

Sparks

Laughlin and Sparks are cities in Nevada

at least in Germany nothing related to software or computers (according to a DPMA search)

electricity, fire, ... - more remote communication, fireworks, ...

Stanford

Laughlin is professor at Stanford University, so is Stanford

Only links with software/IT/technology branch of Stanford University.

University, school design. Or even the cardinal tree of Stanford.

Sturgis

Laughlin, Nev., hosts an annual motorcycle rally and so does Sturgis, S.D.

Would make for an interesting transition.

Motorcycles, wind in the hair, etc.

Whittle

Frank Whittle invented the jet engine

None that I could see

Jets- wind, steam, air flow

Woody

Laughlin is a Linux distribution and so is Woody

Just a cheeky suggestion

Wynn

Wynn is a casino entrepreneur as is Don Laughlin.

Wynn is the name of the company that runs the casino. I don't know if this counts as a collision or not - gregbair

Card suits, roulette wheels, slots, neon lights, etc. Wynn also sounds like "win." The Wynn casino itself is very technically advanced. Its the only Casino at this time that has RFID tags in every single game chip.